The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
Naguib MahfouzIt is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Naguib MahfouzToday's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
Naguib MahfouzI consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
Naguib Mahfouz